RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login

    Mausberry Shutdown Script Doesn't Save Metadata

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved ControlBlock, PowerBlock & Co.
    mausberry
    251 Posts 10 Posters 103.4k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • lostlessL
      lostless
      last edited by

      @meleu @cyperghost Hey, somthing has happened. The script no longer works in retroarch. This is recent as I just updated and a week ago it worked. so Kodi it kills, and will shutdown emulation station properly if its open, but will no longer kick retroarch back to emulation station to exit. It just says terminated and shuts down without saving meta data. Looks like it just gives up and does the old way of shutting down. also @cyperghost , my reset on my nespi no longer works with retro arch, kodi is fine, because of what ever has happened. WHY DID I UPDATE!!!!! LOL

      meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • meleuM
        meleu @lostless
        last edited by

        @lostless can you please try this approach here?: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12895/ensuring-es-gracefully-finish-and-save-metadata-in-every-system-shutdown

        • Useful topics
        • joystick-selection tool
        • rpie-art tool
        • achievements I made
        lostlessL 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • lostlessL
          lostless @meleu
          last edited by lostless

          @meleu I’ll take a look when I get home. Just To Verify, this is what I have running in my script. Is this the most up to date?

          #!/bin/bash
          # Terminate any emulatorcall!
          # This works just for RetroPie!
          
           emucall="$(sed -n 4p /dev/shm/runcommand.info | tr -d '\\"' | tr '^$[]*.()|+?{}' '.')"
                  if [[ -n "$emucall" ]]; then
                      emupid="$(pgrep -f "$emucall")" 
                      pkill -P "$emupid"
                      kill "$emupid"
                      sleep 4
                  fi    
          
          cyperghostC meleuM 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • cyperghostC
            cyperghost @lostless
            last edited by

            @lostless Please use the approach @meleu posted...
            The coding is the same but you don't need to modify the shutdown script itself!

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • meleuM
              meleu @lostless
              last edited by

              @lostless please, when posting a code like that put it beetween codeblocks. More info here: http://commonmark.org/help/

              • Useful topics
              • joystick-selection tool
              • rpie-art tool
              • achievements I made
              lostlessL 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • lostlessL
                lostless
                last edited by

                Looks like I’m missing the “wait”at the end compared to the script I use for the reset button. I’ll add it in and see if it helps. The issue I’m having though is not meta data related. As I said. When in ES, it funtions fine. It’s just when in retroarch that it no longer exits back to ES. Kodi is fine. It was working fine until yesterday.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • lostlessL
                  lostless @meleu
                  last edited by

                  @meleu heres the script im using now, same issue

                  #!/bin/bash
                  # Terminate any emulatorcall!
                  # This works just for RetroPie!
                  emucall="$(sed -n 4p /dev/shm/runcommand.info | tr -d '\\"' | tr '^$[]*.()|+?{}' '.')"
                  # If there's an emulator running, we need to kill it and go back to ES
                  if [[ -n "$emucall" ]]; then
                      emupid="$(pgrep -f "$emucall")" 
                      pkill -P "$emupid"
                      kill "$emupid"
                      wait "$emupid"
                      sleep 5 # maybe it can be lesser
                  fi    
                  

                  and errors im getting trying to exit out of retroarch

                  pkill: killing pid 1 failed: Operation not permitted
                  pkill: killing pid 2 failed: Operation not permitted
                  ./exit.sh: line 9: kill: `': not a pid or valid job spec
                  ./exit.sh: line 10: wait: `': not a pid or valid job spec
                  
                  meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • meleuM
                    meleu @lostless
                    last edited by

                    @lostless are you able to access your raspi via SSH while running an emulator?

                    If yes, I would like to ask you to do this:

                    1. launch a game.

                    2. access your raspi via SSH.

                    3. perform this command:

                    bash -x /path/to/the/emulator/killer/script.sh 2> debug.txt
                    
                    1. The command above generates the debug.txt file. Post this file on ghostbin or something similar.

                    Thanks.

                    • Useful topics
                    • joystick-selection tool
                    • rpie-art tool
                    • achievements I made
                    lostlessL 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • lostlessL
                      lostless @meleu
                      last edited by

                      @meleu https://ghostbin.com/paste/qa5ph
                      Just want to say thanks for all your help.

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • lostlessL
                        lostless
                        last edited by

                        @meleu Sorry, looks like copying from nano cut a lot off text. heres a good copy
                        https://ghostbin.com/paste/q9zsm

                        meleuM 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                        • meleuM
                          meleu @lostless
                          last edited by meleu

                          @lostless Thanks for this. I've found the problem. The runcommand.sh script changed a bit 3 days ago. I just have to adapt my Regular Expression and make it stronger. Wait a little, I'll try to sort it on our script.

                          • Useful topics
                          • joystick-selection tool
                          • rpie-art tool
                          • achievements I made
                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                          • meleuM
                            meleu @lostless
                            last edited by

                            @lostless I made my tests on a shell where there's no RetroPie installed and I believe it will work fine. But, you know, sh!t happens...

                            Try this version, please (feedback would be appreciated):

                            #!/bin/bash
                            # Terminate any emulatorcall!
                            # This works just for RetroPie!
                            emucall="$(sed -n 4p /dev/shm/runcommand.info | tr -d '\\"' | tr '^$[]*.()|+?{}' '.' | sed 's/[^ ]*=[^ ]* //g')"
                            # If there's an emulator running, we need to kill it and go back to ES
                            if [[ -n "$emucall" ]]; then
                                emupid="$(pgrep -f "$emucall")" 
                                pkill -P "$emupid"
                                kill "$emupid"
                                wait "$emupid"
                                sleep 5 # maybe it can be lesser
                            fi
                            

                            maybe I'll try to simplify that crazy line with a simpler regex later... ;-)

                            • Useful topics
                            • joystick-selection tool
                            • rpie-art tool
                            • achievements I made
                            lostlessL 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                            • lostlessL
                              lostless @meleu
                              last edited by

                              @meleu Its working in retroarch now im going to patch in into my mauseberry shutdown script!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE MAN
                              But kodi is not working
                              https://ghostbin.com/paste/uqo6e
                              debug of kodi not exiting.
                              not a big deal if kodi does not work. Just kind of want my reset button to be the end all to go back to ES.

                              meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                              • meleuM
                                meleu @lostless
                                last edited by

                                @lostless said in Mausberry Shutdown Script Doesn't Save Metadata:

                                But kodi is not working

                                Here it goes another version, trying to get kodi too:

                                # Terminate any emulatorcall!
                                # This works just for RetroPie!
                                emucall="$(sed -n 4p /dev/shm/runcommand.info | tr -d '\\"' | tr '^$[]*.()|+?{}' '.' | sed 's/[^ ]*=[^ ]* //g')"
                                # If there's an emulator running, we need to kill it and go back to ES
                                if [[ -n "$emucall" ]]; then
                                    emupid="$(pgrep -f "$emucall" | tr '\n' ' ')"
                                    pkill -P "$(echo $emupid | tr ' ' ',')"
                                    kill "$emupid"
                                    wait "$emupid"
                                    sleep 5 # maybe it can be lesser
                                fi
                                
                                • Useful topics
                                • joystick-selection tool
                                • rpie-art tool
                                • achievements I made
                                cyperghostC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                • lostlessL
                                  lostless
                                  last edited by

                                  @meleu it works!!!!!! but now it looks like i blew out the gpio pin for my reset button. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. That what i get for using a different build without gpio setup. GPIO DANGEROUS TO USE if not setup?

                                  meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • meleuM
                                    meleu @lostless
                                    last edited by

                                    @lostless sorry, I didn't understand your last question...

                                    • Useful topics
                                    • joystick-selection tool
                                    • rpie-art tool
                                    • achievements I made
                                    lostlessL 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • lostlessL
                                      lostless @meleu
                                      last edited by lostless

                                      @meleu has nothing to do with the script. that works . i was testing with another memory card without my gpio setup so i had 3.3v through a 10k resistor to the gpio. i think i burned out my gpio pins
                                      Permissions issue I think. Reinstalled and gpio is now working

                                      meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • cyperghostC
                                        cyperghost @meleu
                                        last edited by

                                        @meleu ;) So you see ... PID numbers are better to handle ;)
                                        But I think in the kodi-case a simple pkill kodi would be better. Or am I wrong? Sorry I never will get the result as I never will install Kodi on my Pi alongside with RetroPie ;)

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • meleuM
                                          meleu @lostless
                                          last edited by meleu

                                          @lostless hey man, would you be kind enough to test this version?:

                                          #!/bin/bash
                                          # the "sed" command below isn't a crypted message, it's just a Regular Expression
                                          # If you are very curious, feel free to ask.
                                          emucall="$(sed '4!d; s/\([\\"]\|[[:alnum:]_]\+=[^ ]* \)//g; s/[][(){}^$*.|+? ]/\\&/g' /dev/shm/runcommand.info)"
                                          
                                          # If there's an emulator running, we need to kill it and go back to ES
                                          if [[ -n "$emucall" ]]; then
                                              emupid="$(pgrep -f "$emucall" | tr '\n' ' ')"
                                              pkill -P "$(echo $emupid | tr ' ' ',')"
                                              kill "$emupid"
                                              wait "$emupid"
                                              sleep 5 # maybe it can be lesser
                                          fi
                                          

                                          Thanks in advance.

                                          • Useful topics
                                          • joystick-selection tool
                                          • rpie-art tool
                                          • achievements I made
                                          lostlessL 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                          • lostlessL
                                            lostless @meleu
                                            last edited by

                                            @meleu sorry, not working
                                            debug output

                                            /home/pi/exit.sh: line 4: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
                                            /home/pi/exit.sh: line 14: syntax error: unexpected end of file
                                            
                                            meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post

                                            Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                                            Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.